“At Milan we had (David) Beckham, Ronaldinho, (Clarence) Seedorf.... a lot of good kickers. We talked to each other, we watched each other and we stole each other’s secrets,” the 38-year-old was quoted as saying by goal.com on Tuesday.

Pirlo, who made 284 appearances for A.C Milan from 2001 to 2011 also said he used to learn adapting Brazilian Juninho’s free-kick style but failed to understand his execution technique.